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Time passed quickly, and it was the sixth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty.

A major event happened in March of this year. The Kingdom of Jin ordered Zhang Jue of Pingzhou to move all the people in Pingzhou City to Shangjing, the capital of Jin, within two months.

Zhang Jue originally planned to obey orders, until he knew that the Zhang family in Pingzhou was also included in the migration list, which made him explode immediately.

He pleaded with Jindi Wanyan Wu Qimai to plead for mercy, hoping to be lenient with their family, but the reality slapped him severely. Extremely harsh.

This caused great dissatisfaction in Zhang Jue's heart. You must know that although this guy is a Haner from Yandi, he is loyal to the Liao Kingdom. It was only an expedient measure to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin in the old year, in order to preserve the family. That's all.

Seeing that Jin Guo is so ruthless now, Zhang Jue finally made up his mind after thinking over and over again, and was going to turn on his mother.

But before that, Zhang Jue decided to find a backer first.

And looking at the world at this time, which force is suitable to be his backer?The result is obvious, only Da Song.

The next thing will be a matter of course.On the one hand, Zhang Jue secretly connected with the local wealthy families in Pingzhou, and secretly accumulated troops.On the one hand, he secretly dispatched envoys to meet Wang Anzhong, the Xuanfu envoy of the Yanshan Mansion of the Great Song Dynasty, and expressed his heart of surrender to him.After Wang Anzhong got the report, he didn't dare to be self-reliant, and instead notified the matter to the Song Dynasty court.

If you want to find a later Internet term to describe the Taoist Emperor Zhao Ji, it must be that people are addicted to vegetables.

Obviously, he was forced by force by Jin Guo last year, and signed a treaty that forfeit power and humiliated the country, but now that time has changed, he suddenly feels that he is doing well again.

Especially after consulting Tong Guan and others, and learning from them that the current Yandi defense line can be described as impenetrable, Zhao Ji immediately decided to accept Zhang Jue, and changed Pingzhou to the Taining Army, and named Zhang Jue the capital.

With the support of the Great Song court, Zhang Juesui revolted in April of this year and wiped out all the more than [-] Jin State miscellaneous soldiers in Pingzhou City. Afterwards, he changed the banner of the Great Song Taining Army.

When the news reached the Kingdom of Jin, the high-level Jin people headed by Wanyan Wu Qimai were not angry but happy.

Because this was originally the plan of the Jin people, in order to find an excuse for going south to invade the Song Dynasty in the future.

Otherwise, with the shrewdness of Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongbi brothers, how can they not see that Zhang Jue is not sincerely surrendering?
Now that the Kingdom of Jin has prepared its troops and horses, it deliberately forced Zhang Jue to rebel, and he, as expected, turned to the Song Dynasty.

Of course, there are flaws here.The only flaw lies in the Song Dynasty. As long as the Song Dynasty firmly rejects Zhang Jue's defeat, it will be difficult for Jin Guo to make a move for a while.However, the rulers and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty thought they were clever, and made a wrong step, and finally fell into the calculations of the Kingdom of Jin.

In mid-April, the State of Jin sent a note to the Song court, asking them to explain the matter of taking Zhang Jue in, and handed him over to the State of Jin for disposal.

The Song Dynasty, which had been prepared for a long time, prevaricated on the grounds that this was Zhang Jue's personal action. The Kingdom of Jin refused to let it go, so it officially declared war on the Song Dynasty in early May.

Immediately afterwards, the Kingdom of Jin did not give the Song court any time to react, and like a thunderbolt, it took the guard of Dading Mansion Wanyan Yanmu as the vanguard, and sent five thousand troops to kill and rush to the pass.

The line of defense boasted by Tong Guan and others only resisted the Jin army for two days before announcing that it was broken, allowing the Jin army to drive straight into Pingzhou.

Fortunately, Zhang Jue was more powerful, and took advantage of Wanyan's mother's eagerness to fight, and defeated him at the city of Pingzhou.

But the good times didn't last long. Before Zhang Jue was happy, the brothers Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zongbi followed with an army of [-]. Zhang Jue was defeated by Zongwang and fled to Yanjing to avoid disaster.

It is said that since the Song Dynasty chose to accept Zhang Jue, it should be prepared to turn against the Jinren.But when the matter came to an end, Zhao Ji, an official, suddenly became discouraged and didn't want to start a war with the Jinren, so he gave Wang Anzhong an order to negotiate with the Jinren.

While scolding his mother in his heart, Wang Anzhong sent people to negotiate with the Jin people, trying to persuade the Jin country to withdraw its troops by promising huge profits.

After dealing with the Song Dynasty in the past two years, the Jin people have already seen the nature of its external strength and military incompetence. How could they be willing to stop the division and return?

However, in order to paralyze the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zongwang promised that as long as the Song Dynasty was willing to hand over Zhang Jue, the Jin Kingdom would agree to withdraw its troops.

Hearing such a simple condition, all the officials in Yanjing agreed unanimously.Only Wang Anzhong, the envoy of Xuan Fu, was a little bit bookish, thinking that if Zhang Jue was handed over like this, it would affect the reputation of the Song Dynasty, so he hid Zhang Jue on his own initiative, and found a person who was almost similar to him in appearance and handed it to Jin. people.

Without any accidents, this little trick was quickly seen through by the Jinren, and Wanyan Zongwang was furious immediately, commanding troops to break through the four prefectures of Luan, Ying, Ji, and Shun within ten months, and the soldiers pointed directly at Yanjing.

At this moment, Wang Anzhong lost all his former composure, and he didn't want to stop the troops from resisting. Instead, he killed Zhang Jue and handed over his head to the Kingdom of Jin, hoping that Wanyan Zongwang would keep his previous promise.

It can only be said that Wang Anzhong was too naive, and now that the soldiers have come to the city of Yanjing, Wanyan Zongwang naturally has no reason to stop. He immediately ordered the army to surround Yanjing and demand a huge amount of wealth from the city.

After discussing with Xuanfu deputy envoy Zhan Du, Wang Anzhong decided to agree to the terms of the Jinren in exchange for his withdrawal, and asked Wanyan Zongwang to give him a certain amount of time to prepare.

In order to break down the morale of the Song army in the city, Wanyan Zongwang pretended to agree.Wang Anzhong and the others were really taken in, and ordered to summon the principals of the local wealthy families in Yanjing, hoping that all the families would contribute generously to resolve the crisis of the siege.

Wang Anzhong's series of faint tricks caused an undercurrent to surge in the city of Yanjing, and many people were completely disappointed in Song Dynasty.Among these people, Guo Yaoshi and other Liao generals who were in command of the Changsheng Army had the most complicated mood.

Take Guo Yaoshi as an example, this guy was captured by Yelu Dashi before, and was later handed over to Xiao Qian by Yelu Dashi. Xiao Qian thought that he was also an old minister of the Liao Kingdom, so he spared his life and planned to take him for his own use. .

But Guo Yaoshi is not stupid, he understands that Xiao Qian is a grasshopper after autumn, he has been lying to him for only a few days, waiting for Da Song to rescue him.

Sure enough, although there were twists and turns afterwards, Yandi still returned to the hands of Song Dynasty. Because Guo Yaoshi did not surrender when he was captured, Zhao Ji thought that he was steadfast and unyielding, so he entrusted him with an important task again and ordered him to reorganize Changsheng Army, still guarding Yanjing.

Guo Yaoshi was very grateful for this, and said that he vowed to serve the Song Dynasty to the death, but the incident of Zhang Jue, who was also a surrendered general, sounded a wake-up call for him, and he couldn't help but think of himself. I kept thinking to myself,
"The Song Dynasty treats Zhang Jue so unrighteously, so what if the Jin people ask me in another day?"

It was precisely because of this concern that Guo Yaoshi and the other generals decided to simply abandon the broken ship of the Song Dynasty after they had connected with each other in private. .

So, while Wang Anzhong and the others were racking their brains and still raising money for the Kingdom of Jin, Guo Yaoshi led the Changsheng Army to launch a rebellion. First, they imprisoned the officials of the Song Dynasty in Yanjing City, and then opened the city. Bow down and surrender to Jin Guo.

Wanyan Zongwang was overjoyed to win Yanjing so easily, thinking that the Song Dynasty was vulnerable and should take advantage of the victory to expand the results.

Compared with Wanyan Zongwang's optimism, Wanyan Zongbi was more cautious. He opposed the large-scale southward invasion of the Song Dynasty at this time. The reason given was that,
"Second brother, don't you forget that there is Mu Xu, a vicious wolf, on the side of Yandi. What if he sends troops from Juyongguan to cut off our way back when our army is going south?"

Wanyan Zongwang broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the words, and said fearfully, "Fourth brother reminds me that I almost made a big mistake and actually forgot about Mu Xu. Be careful with this man."

Having said that, he took a few steps in the room, and said unwillingly, "But the opportunity to attack Song Dynasty is so rare right now, can we just give up like this?"

Wanyan Zongbi thought for a while and replied, "For the current plan, I, Dajin, have only two choices. One is to solve Mu Xu's threat first, and then discuss the matter of attacking Song Dynasty. Second, it is feasible to divide the troops and send a A group of troops dragged Mu Xu, and another army conquered the Song Kingdom in the fastest time, and then returned to destroy Mu Xu."

"Which choice does the fourth brother prefer?"

"My little brother thinks that to be on the safe side, it's best to get rid of Mu Xu first. Otherwise, once Song Guo holds back his hands, it will be a dilemma."

Wanyan Zongwang pondered for a while, but he still couldn't make a decision, so he said, "Forget it, we should pass this matter back to the country, and let the emperor make up his mind."

"Alright, after all, he is my Dajin Emperor, and he should be the one to make decisions on such important military matters."

Wanyan Zongbi nodded, and then said, "Then what about the south, will the Song Congress send troops to the north to compete with me, Dajin, for the land of Yan?"

Wanyan Zongwang said disdainfully, "As long as he comes, as for the troops of the Song Dynasty, they come to deliver food to my Dajin warriors!"

"You can't say that. The Han people have a saying that they tell ants to kill more elephants. You can't underestimate them too much."

"Then according to the fourth brother's opinion, what should we do?"

Wanyan Zongbi smiled and said, "This matter is easy to handle, we can follow what Second Brother did before and send envoys to the Song Kingdom to tell the emperor of that country that we have no intention of occupying Yanji for a long time, if they want to take it back, Just pay for the redemption.”

"Wonderful, maybe I can hit a horizontal bar!"

Wanyan Zongwang's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands in applause.

From the dialogue between the two, we can tell that in their hearts, the dignified Song Dynasty is just a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered. They can slaughter whatever they want, and they don't take it seriously at all. Satire.

Sadly, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty did not have this kind of self-awareness.

It is said that when the news of the fall of Yanjing reached the territory of the Song Dynasty, the whole country was shocked for a while.A group of ministers in the court tried to shift the responsibility to their political opponents by shirking each other.Under the imperial court, the Tai students gathered spontaneously and came to Xuandemen to sit in a sit-in, asking the official Zhao Ji to deal with the treacherous party in the court and restore the world to a Qingming.

Zhao Ji, as the emperor, was also sitting on pins and needles at this time. After summoning a group of confidant ministers one after another, in order to quell the criticism from all over the world, he threw out Li Bangyan, who was in charge of negotiating with the Jinren before, and ordered him to retire. Plain text will never be accepted.

But even so, at most it only calmed down the hearts of the people in the court, but it did not help the current overall situation.

As for whether it is war or peace, the courts are arguing endlessly.Let's fight, Zhao Ji and his ministers are worried that if they can't win, they will lead to more violent revenge from the Jin people.Let's make it together, and I don't know whether Jin Guo is willing to accept it, and whether the lion will open his mouth again.

It was under such circumstances that the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin came to Tokyo City, and the chaotic Great Song Dynasty finally found peace for the time being.

After the ministers were sent to contact him, as Mr. Zhao Ji expected, the Jin people were asking for a lot of money, and they demanded that the Song Dynasty compensate Yandi for five years, and demanded a one-time payment. Otherwise, the Jin Kingdom would not withdraw from Yandi. Will continue to go south.

Faced with this aggressive threat, Zhao Ji was as weak as ever. He had no intention of fighting back at all, and subconsciously ordered people to bargain with the Jin envoy, intending to keep the price as low as possible, and sent the barbaric Jin man early so that he could continue to fight back. When the Taiping emperor.

If the emperor of a country is so weak, how can the envoys below be so stubborn?
The negotiations had been deadlocked from the very beginning, and the pace was under the control of the Jin people. No matter how weak Song envoys were or how much they could benefit, the Jin envoys remained unmoved and refused to make any concessions.

But it was the Jin envoy's actions that actually deceived the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty. They firmly believed that the purpose of the Jin people's dispatch of troops this time was still to seek benefits, and they did not intend to go south in a large scale.

This also laid the groundwork for the subsequent tragedy. It turned out that before the arrival of the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin, Zhao Ji had already listened to the advice of the people of insight in the court, and made a plan to transfer the elites of the Western Army and others to the capital Qin Wang, and by the way strengthen the Hebei war. defense of the land.

But when the Jin envoy came, Zhao Ji's old problem of indecision was repeated. He easily overturned the previous intention and pinned all the hopes of peace on the negotiation.

Time passed as the two sides wrangled, and Wanyan Wu, who was begging for money in Shangjing, Liaodong, finally made a decision after a few days of deliberation and discussions with all the civil and military personnel.

He planned to accept Wanyan Zongbi's second suggestion and send Wanyan Zonghan to lead [-] troops to support the pass, and be responsible for keeping Mu Xu firmly in Yundi, so that Wanyan Zongwang and his two could go south calmly.

As for why he made this choice, Wanyan Wu Qimai mainly has two considerations.

First, compared with the Great Song Dynasty, Mu Xu is too unappreciative. Even if he is successfully wiped out, in the eyes of outsiders, it is a matter of course.

With such a little achievement, for Wanyan Wu Qimai, who is determined to surpass his elder brother, it is not even enough to get between his teeth. How can he simply conquer the Song Kingdom?
Second, Yundi is just a corner of the land, and it is barren, and there is really no benefit to sending troops there. How does this make the Jurchens who are used to robbers get used to it?
In the final analysis, no matter in this time and space or in the official history, in fact, the Kingdom of Jin did not have the idea of ​​destroying the Song Dynasty at the beginning.

The original plan of the Kingdom of Jin is probably very simple, that is to plunder enough wealth from the Song Dynasty through war. About this point, we can see one or two from the performance of the Kingdom of Jin when it first went south to attack the Song Dynasty in history.

As for why the Kingdom of Jin changed its mind later, the root cause still lies with Song himself. If the Song army can have a little fighting power, then the Kingdom of Jin will definitely accept it as soon as it is good, and will never take the risk of losing troops and generals to die with Song.

To put it bluntly, this is the same principle as someone in later generations speculating in stocks and becoming a shareholder.